I know when I feel good when I play. There’s a closeness with musicians you only get from playing live, even in the studio it’s still playing live. For me, it’s what expands my soul.
RINGO STARRRoy Orbison was the only act that The Beatles didn’t want to follow.
More Ringo Starr Quotes
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They paint you red before they sacrifice you. It’s a different religion from ours – I think.
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I made all my mistakes playing with people.
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Being in The Beatles was a short, incredible period of my life. I had 22 years leading up to it, and it was all over eight years later.
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Take a dose of rock and roll, and wash it down with cool clear soul.
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That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.
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People only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That’s how life works, but it’s not bugging me anymore.
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I’m on my feet and I’m doing what I love to do, and I’m in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.
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I mean, women are very important to me. I don’t know, they just drive me crazy.
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Gene Autry was the most. It may sound like a joke – Go and have a look in my bedroom, It’s covered with Gene Autry posters. He was my first musical influence.
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I don’t particularly like messages, because everybody takes whatever they take from whatever.
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People in Liverpool don’t move very far, you know.
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From 13, I wanted to play drums. I wanted to play with good people and I’m still doing it. I still love it so that’s why I do it.
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Do you remember when everyone began analyzing Beatles songs. I don’t think I ever understood what some of them were supposed to be about
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You got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues…And you know it don’t come easy.
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The trouble with leaving your feet on the ground is you never get to take your pants off.
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